Towards Utilizing Novel Interactive Displays for Information Visualization

Visualization research has yielded a number of useful techniques to generate visual representations and to allow users to explore data interactively on computer screens. Yet, the constantly growing complexity of today’s data calls for new ways of visual and interactive data analysis. This is where new display and interaction technologies offer promising possibilities yet to be explored. In this work, we identify three gaps to be addressed by future research. (1) The technology gap is about the lack of a systematic mapping of common interaction tasks onto interaction modalities. (2) The integration gap concerns the integration of novel interaction techniques and technologies with existing information visualization approaches to create new powerful visualization solutions. (3) The guidelines gap criticizes the shortage of support for users to choose suitable solutions for the task at hand. We outline related challenges and ideas for future work by the example of our work on tangible views for information visualization. ACM Classification: H5.2 [Information interfaces and presentation]: User Interfaces. Graphical user interfaces. General terms: Design, Human Factors